BILLIARDS

Evening Star, Issue 16629, 11 January 1918, Page 3

BILLIARDS

The British Billiards Association, whose rules are recognised in New Zealand, define an amateur ne follows;—“An amateur ia one who has not at any .time earned his living, or any part of his living, by playiiw or scoring games played on a billiard table” Eo amateur is allowed to play in any advertised match, or where admission is charged without having obtained a permit from the association.” This definition governs ihe New Zealand championship and crystalate ball competitions. The recent match played between Stevenson and Inman in England is held by many experts to be the most brilliant exhibition of English billiards yet seen. The gams was 18,000 up, level, and never before in the course of his long career has Stevenson shown such consistently brilliant form. Inman played magnificently, but Stevenson, ran out a winner by the enormous majority of 5,467 points. For. the fortnight’s play .Stevenson mado the remarkable average of 70.03 points for every visit to the,, table, while Inman’s average was 48.95. Stevenson scored 63 centuries in all against Inman’s 38, the (principal breaks being: Stevenson, 563, 495, 487, 479, 473, 446, and 405, with nine of over 300 points; Inman, 532, 446 444, and 416, with five of over 300.